Social roles and spatial relations of NGOs and civil society: Participation and effectiveness post-hurricane 'Mitch'

Challenges and Change in Middle America: Perspectives on Development in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 243-269

  Bradshaw, Sarah ^a   Linneker, Brian ^b   Zuniga, Rebeca ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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